5. List of Researchers
Project Management Unit
Project Leader: SATO Tsugitaka
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Arab-Islamic History
KOMATSU Hisao
Leader of Unit 1, Director of General Affairs
KISAICHI Masatoshi
Leader of Unit 2, Public Relations and Publications
KATO Hiroshi
Leader of Unit 3
OKABE Atsuyuki
Leader of Unit 4
HANEDA Masashi
Leader of Unit 5, International Exchange
HAYASHI Kayoko
Leader of Unit 6, Public Relations
SAKAI Keiko
Planning, Leader of Group 1-B
YANAGIHASHI Hiroyuki
Vice-director of General Affairs, Leader of Group 1-C
SHIMIZU Manabu
Leader of Group 2-B
AKAHORI Masayuki
Publications, Leader of Group 2-C
USUKI Akira
Leader of Group 3-C
OTSUKA Kazuo
Planning, Leader of Group 3-B
MASUYA Tomoko
International Exchange, Leader of Group 5-A
MIURA Toru
Publications, Leader of Group 5-C
Unit 1 Thought and Politics in the Islamic World
Unit Leader: KOMATSU Hisao
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Modern History of Central Asia
Group 1-A: Contemporary Islamic Thought and Movements
KOMATSU Hisao (Group Leader)
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Modern History of Central Asia
KOSUGI Yasushi
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Islamic Studies
IIZUKA Masato
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Islamic Studies
Group 1-B: Islam and International Relations
SAKAI Keiko (Group Leader)
Institute of Developing Economies/Japan External Trade Organization, Study of Arab Regions
ISHIDA Ken
Chiba University, Faculty of Law, International Politics
UYAMA Tomohiko
Hokkaido University, Center for Slavic Studies, Central Asian Studies
Group 1-C: Islamic Law and Society
YANAGIHASHI Hiroyuki (Group Leader)
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Islamic Law
KOBAYASHI Yasuko
Aichi Gakusen University, Faculty of Business Administration, Modern Indonesian History
NAKAZATO Nariaki
The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Modern South Asian History
Unit 2 Society and Economy in the Islamic World
Unit Leader: KISAICHI Masatoshi
Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Maghreb Area Studies
Group 2-A: Islam and Social Development
KISAICHI Masatoshi (Group Leader)
Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Maghreb Area Studies
KURITA Yoshiko
Chiba University, Faculty of Letters, Middle Eastern and North African Modern History
KAWASHIMA Midori
Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Philippines Studies
Group 2-B: Islam and Economic Development
SHIMIZU Manabu (Group Leader)
Utsunomiya University, Faculty of International Studies, Economic Development in West Asia
NAGASAWA Eiji
The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Society and Economy in Modern Egypt
TORII Takashi
Meiji University, Faculty of Commerce, Southeast Asian Economies
Group 2-C: Islam and Popular Movements in the Islamic World
AKAHORI Masayuki (Group Leader)
Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Cultural Anthropology
TONAGA Yasushi
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Islamic Thought
HORIKAWA Toru
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Southwest Asian History
Unit 3 Nations, Regions, and Islam
Unit Leader: KATO Hiroshi
Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Economics, Socio-Economic History of the Middle East
Group 3-A: Nation-States and Muslim Identity
KATO Hiroshi (Group Leader)
Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Economics, Socio-Economic History of the Middle East
ISHII Masako
National Museum of Ethnology, The Japan Center for Area Studies, Philippines Studies
SHINMEN Yasushi
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Central Asian History
Group 3-B: Contemporary Muslims and Cultural Conflict
OTSUKA Kazuo (Group Leader)
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Social Anthropology, Ethnography of the Middle East
YAMAGISHI Tomoko
Meiji University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Iranian Area Studies
NAITO Masanori
Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Political and Social Change in Modern Turkey
Group 3-C: Source Materials for the Study of the Contemporary Islamic World
USUKI Akira (Group Leader)
National Museum of Ethnology, The Japan Center for Area Studies, Middle Eastern Area Studies
OKA Mari
Osaka Women's University, Social Anthropology, Modern Arab Literature
AKAMINE Jun
National Museum of Ethnology, The Japan Center for Area Studies, Philippines Studies
Unit 4 Geographic Information Systems for Islamic Area Studies
Unit Leader: OKABE Atsuyuki
The University of Tokyo, Department of Urban Engineering, Spatial Information Science
ASAMI Yasushi
The University of Tokyo, Department of Urban Engineering, Housing and Environmental Design
MIZUSHIMA Tsukasa
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Southeast Asian Socio-Economic History
Unit 5 Islamic History and Culture
Unit Leader: HANEDA Masashi
The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Iranian History
Group 5-A: Development of Art and Scholarship
MASUYA Tomoko (Group Leader)
The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Islamic Art History
YAMANLAR MIZUNO Minako
University of East Asia, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Arts, Turkish-Islamic Art History
MORIMOTO Kazuo
The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Iranian History, History of Sayyids and Sharifs
Group 5-B: History of Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges
HANEDA Masashi (Group Leader)
The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Iranian History
FUKASAWA Katsumi
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Modern History of European Port Cities
KUROKI Hidemitsu
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Modern History of Syria and Lebanon
Group 5-C: The Potentials of Comparative Study
MIURA Toru (Group Leader)
Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Letters and Education, Social History of Arabic-Islamic Regions
KISHIMOTO Mio
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Socio-Economic History of Late Imperial China
SEKIMOTO Teruo
The University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Southeast Asian Social Anthropology
Unit 6 Source Materials for the Study of Islamic Civilization
Unit Leader: HAYASHI Kayoko
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Department of Turkish Studies, Ottoman History
KONDO Nobuaki
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Social Science and Humanity, Modern Iranian History
TANIGUCHI Junichi
Kyoto Women's University, Faculty of Letters, Social History of West Asia Under Islam
HOSAKA Shuji
The Middle East Institute of Japan, Politics and Religion in the Gulf Regions